The Chicago Tribune says it looks like Boston's Olympic bid is foundering, and it reflects badly on Boston2024 and on the USOC. The current impression is Boston’s bid leaders sold the USOC a bill of goods, the USOC swallowed it, no one got … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Mass Senate’s “Commonwealth Conversations” a hit – now it’s time for action
Over the past two months, the State Senate toured Massachusetts to make government even more accessible and hear directly from residents on issues that matter most to them. It was a memorable and heartening experience to hear people express … [Read more...]
A look at MA legislative special elections since 2009 and what it means for next week’s 11th Worcester special
Who is likely to win the special election to replace Matt Beaton in the Shrewsbury-based 11th Worcester State Rep seat next Tuesday? Special elections are different from general elections in terms turnout and voter makeup, so I looked at … [Read more...]
Don’t Let The Hillary People and The Republicans Fool You, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Is No Sen. Barack Obama. She’ll Win Over Reagan Dems. Establishment Scared to Death
So now the Hillaryites (disguised as pro Liz Warren people or disinterested Dems) say Liz should not run because the country will view her as another Barack Obama. A first term fluke senator who suddenly becomes the flavor of the week among … [Read more...]
Guardian rights bill would help families caught in the DDS-probate system
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) As we have chronicled a number of times, family members can get shut out of the process when their loved ones with developmental disabilities enter the state's system of residential care. This is … [Read more...]
Reality bites: Boston 2024 now open to ballot question on the Olympics
Looks like reality just slapped the Boston 2024 pooh-bahs in the face. After a really terrible two weeks, in which the folks trying to bring the Olympics to Boston saw their poll numbers nosedive so that a majority of Boston-area … [Read more...]
Increasing efficiency and decreasing waste in state government
An innovative and fresh idea emerged from our family's discussion of the recent legislative photo op at the expense of the MBTA: take bold steps to increase efficiency and decrease waste in state government. Instead of one … [Read more...]
Boston 2024 Tells Supporters to “Get Inspired” by Watching a Leni Riefenstahl Film
Boston 2024 hasn't been having the best PR lately, and today (or, now, yesterday) was no different. At 2:20 in the afternoon, Boston 2024 tweeted out a link to a list of the "10 best" Olympic movies, telling supporters to watch them and … [Read more...]
Call to Action: Support New Affordable Housing for Fairmount Station TODAY at Boston ZBA Hearing- City Hall room 801 at 10:30 AM!
Fellow BMGers, Please come and join the Southwest Boston CDC, Hyde Park residents, as well as other advocates for affordable housing and transit-oriented development at the Boston Zoning Board Hearing on Tuesday March 24 at 10:30 a.m., … [Read more...]
Globe initiates full-court press to get Elizabeth Warren to run for president
An interesting development: today's Globe puts an editorial and an op-ed on the first page of the opinion section (unusual), and then adds two more op-eds on the same topic (highly unusual). The argument all of them make: Elizabeth Warren … [Read more...]
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